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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Black activist James Hart Stern on taking over one of America’s oldest neo-Nazi groups

    The National Socialist Movement, founded in Detroit in 1974, is one of the biggest and oldest hate groups in America. Its new president is James Hart Stern, a black activist and author. He tells us what he plans to do with the group next.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 8, 2019 • 1 min read

    TheNational Socialist Movement, founded in Detroit in 1974, is one of the biggest and oldest hate groups in America. Its new president is James Hart Stern, a black activist and author. He tells us what he plans to do with the group next.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      James Hart Stern

      civil rights activist, author of “Mississippi Still Burning,” and president of the National Socialist Movement

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    The story of the black man who took over a neo-Nazi group
    1. 0:00Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman gets four years in prison
    2. 7:20California pushes to get rid of criminal records for millions who have served their sentences
    3. 12:14What prisoners learned when they made a film about themselves
    4. 22:22Black activist James Hart Stern on taking over one of America’s oldest neo-Nazi groupsYou’re reading this
    5. 32:48Brie Larson is amazing in ‘Captain Marvel,’ but her character falls a little flat
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